Frame construction.



W. C. LINDER.

FRAME CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIOATION rum) SEPT. s, 1912.

Patented A1311?, 1914n el Hof/14mg nNlTED sTATns rama Generationen'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Alpi'. t', 1914..

Application led September 6. 191%. Serial No. tw.

To all -wlmm 'it muy (fom-ern lie it known that l, WILmAM C. Lnvnnn, a citizen of the United States. of America, residing at Antonia, in the parish of Grant and State ot' Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Frame Construction, of which the following is a specincation. A

'lhis invention relates to improvements in iframe construction and has particular application to glass holding frames.

ln carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide a frame wherein the panes of glass may loc held in position without resorting to the use of putty and the like and which will be constructed in such manner that the glass may be readily inserted in and removed from the frame without necessitating dismantling thereof.

Furthermore, l aim to provide a frame which will embody the desired features of simplicity, eiiciency, durability and convenience and which may be manufactured and marketed with economy of cost.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts herel inafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying' drawing; Figure 1 is a iront elevation of a glass holding frame constructed in accordance with the present' invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

ln the present instance, I have shown my invention as embodied in a window sash. It is to be understood, however, that the invention in its useful application is not limited to this particular purpose, as the same may be incorporated in the construction of transoms, doors and other frames equipped with glass and the like transparent panels.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, the letter A designates the sash of vthe window as an entirety.- This sash, in the present instance, is composed of the Stiles 1 and 2, the top and bottom end rails 3 and 4 having their opposite ends suitably connected' to the adjacent ends of the Stiles, and the vertical and transverse mullions 5 and 6 respectively intersecting each other a proximately centrally of the side rails an Stiles of the frame and having the opposite ends thereof connected in any suitable manner, as by mortise and tenen joints, to such side rails and Stiles, the mulhons being also suitably secured to each other at the point of intersection.

The opposite side edges of the mullions 5 and 6 are rabbetcd as at 7 and the side walls of such rabbeted portions are undercut as at-8 to receive cushions or buiers 9 formed of elongated rubber strips or other suitable material. The adjacent or confronting side edges of the side rails 1 and 2 are also rabbeted as at 10, the side walls of the lastmentioned rabbeted portions being undercut as at 1l to receive buffers or cushions 12 formed of strips of rubber or the like.' Strips 13, 13, each of a length equal to that or' the side rails 1 and 2, are fastened, as by screws 14, to the sides of the end rails 1' and 2 onto which the rabbeted portions open and ovcrlie such rabbeted portions and cooperate with the walls thereof to :torni grooves 15. Similarly, strips 16, 16, each of a length commensurate withthat of the mullions 5 and are fastened, as by screws 17, to the sides of the mullions onto which the rabbeted portions open and coperate with the walls of such rabbeted portions and overlap the latter to form grooves 18. These strips 16, 16, as shown in Fig. 1 ot' the drawing, are preferably :termed of two sections having the meeting ends thereof pointed so that when the alining sections of one strip are assembled, laterally opening V-shaped seats are provided for the reception of the pointed extremities of the sections of the strip on the other mullion. lt will be seen that the grooves 15 and 18 which are in open communication with one another form open ended pathways for receiving a pane of glass.

Each end rail 3, 4 is relatively thin as compared with the thickness of the side Stiles and has one face thereof terminating dush with the adjacent or inner side walls .of the grooves as will be readily understood from the construction illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. These end rails are each formed on its outer surface with a substantially 'b'- shaped groove 19 extending the vfull length .thereof and having a relatively wide wall 20 latter `in the frame, a securing strip 22 is applied to the face of each end rail 3 4 adjacent to the' grooves and is equipped wlth an overhanging lip 23 disposed within the groove 19 in the outer edge of the respectlve end rail and of a configuration corresponding to that of said groove, the lower end of the securing strip bein rabbeted as at 24 to receive the adjacent e ge of the glass, the side wall of the rabbeted portion 24: forming, with the adjacent portion of the wall of the respective end rail, a groove, the 0pposite side walls of which are undercut as at 25, 25 to receive the buffers 26. The opposite ends of the vertical mullion are preferably rabbeted, as illustrated, and overlap the securing strip at the center thereof, a fastening screw or the like 27 being passed throu h the walls of the rabbeted extremities o? the mullions and through the respective securing strips and end rails.

In the embodiment of my invention selected for illustrative purposes, it will be noted that the frame presents, in eect, a plurality of glass receiving frames, the contiguous or inner side edges of which are formed with communicating grooves which provide an open ended pathway for the glass, the open end of the pathway being closed by a removable securin strip by means of which the glass may be eld within the frame and which may be detached to enable the glass to be withdrawn from the frame in the event'l of fracture or breakage.

in presence o the construction and manner of employing my invention will be readily a parent. It will be seen that I have provided a frame wherein panes of4 glass may be held without necessitati the use of putty and the like and from w ich the glass may be readily removed in the event of the same being broken.

While I have herein shown and described one preferred form of my invention by way of illustration I wish it to be understood that Ido not imit or confine myself to the precise details of constructionherein described and delineated, as modification and variation maybe made within'the scope of the claim and without departing from the spirit of the linvention.

I claim:

In a window sash in -which the` Stiles are I provided with pane grooves, an end rail having one face flush with the side walls of the said pane grooves and provided with a V4 shaped groove in the outer side'thereof, and

la securing strip forming a closure for the said pane grooves and (provided with an overhanging lip dispose Within said V- shaped groove.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature two witnesses.

WM. CURTIS LINDER. Witnesses E. W. BALL, J. C. WALLIS. 

